Showing posts with label bureaucracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bureaucracy. Show all posts
Monday, September 30, 2013

Romanian Vignettes

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There is a system of heating and hot water in Romania, whereby for the (many) blocks of flats, there is a centralised building where they h...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Things that irritate me about Romania

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(part umpteen in an occasional, but almost certainly infinite, series) If you try and change money here they only accept perfectly pristine ...
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Monday, November 17, 2008

My Day in Court

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Last week I went to court. I wasn't in the dock, you'll be sorry to hear, but instead I was there as a witness. I realised that I...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Driller killer

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This morning was hell. One of our neighbours decided to start doing some drilling work at about 7 o'clock. In any normal country this ...
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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Comfortable missionary position

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Been slacking off on the blog a bit lately, don't really have much of an excuse, but since I'm providing a free service (albeit one ...
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Thursday, January 18, 2007

What the EU means for me

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Yesterday, I got my new residency permit for Romania. Things have certainly changed. In the space of two years I have now had (and report...
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Monday, December 18, 2006

Modern Post-ism

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The Romanian post office is not the world's most reliable service. It is quite good at delivering mail within the country and often at s...
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Down on the Pharm

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Going to the Chemist’s in Romania is, quite frankly, a pain in the arse. Not actually literally a pain in the arse, though I suppose it co...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Carpet tax

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We, and by "we" here I mean Hox and Erix SRL our hugely successful company, received a registered letter the other day. Actually w...
Thursday, December 29, 2005

Rom-Anglican

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More inter-linguistic cross-cultural bureaucratic fun. On Tuesday I went to Udvarhely to pick Erika and Paula up and bring them home. Befor...
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Monday, November 28, 2005

Wed Tape

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So, I’ve teased you (the reader) for a while with references to TB and chest X-rays, and I feel it is now time to come clean. It is, as you...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Romanian in schools

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Last weekend at a party, my host's son, a 10 year old who has just come back to Romania after living in Budapest for a few years, perfor...
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Sunday, October 16, 2005

New chain, new dog?

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You may remember some time ago the bureaucratic struggles I had attaining my highly prized “Legitimaţie de Şedere” (try clicking December 2...
Thursday, August 25, 2005

A Wunch of Bankers

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The bank we have been using (until now) has just started charging us to use their services. I hate banks, they act like you need to be beho...
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Thursday, June 30, 2005

New Lei

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Tomorrow, July 1st, ushers in a new era for Romania. The Leu (which apparently is the singular name of the currency here, not a word I norm...
Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Permission to sit

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I forgot to mention, I have finally been granted Permission To Sit in Romania. In fact I am now the owner of a very fancy looking dark gre...
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Friday, December 03, 2004

A mixed bag of stuff

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Bureaucracy day 2 First up, an update on yesterday's farcical tale of bureaucratic hilarity. Having completed all the relevant paperwork...
Thursday, December 02, 2004

Adventures in bureaucracy

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So, I'm working on getting my legal status in Romania. It's an experience. Today for example we (Erika and I) went to the tax paymen...
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Friday, October 01, 2004

Good Company

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This week Erika and I began the process of becoming a company. This is a modern method of marriage free from the scourge of same sex coupli...
Sunday, August 08, 2004

Random moments

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Erika got a tax bill today. It was sent by recorded mail by the tax office a couple of days ago, but it was issued by that office two month...
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